Being a Dad and Coach

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Од мај 7, 2016, my daughter Caity returned to Taekwondo competition for the first time in eight years. As her dad but also her coach, I tried to dissuade her from sparring until we had a few more months but she was adamant about sparring at the tournament. Caity likes forms but she always preferred sparring. Reluctantly, I agreed. Јас

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Things Come Full Circle

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A few weeks ago, my second foray into the martial arts came full circle. My daughter started studying Taekwondo again after more than five years away from the sport. It is actually Caity, who brought me back to martial arts in the summer of 2000. After my natural father passed away in July 1999, I went on a year-long fitness

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Practical Application of Forms

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When most students start forms training, their main focus is on learning the proper sequence of the techniques to perform the pattern in the prescribed manner. It is unusual for a beginning or even intermediate student to think too much about what they are doing with the techniques and what they are defending against. Is the technique straight forward or

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What About High Kicks?

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As a taekwondo stylist, I spent my first few years of training trying to develop high kicks. I could throw crescent kicks head height pretty easily and even an occasional side kick. За најголем дел, my kicks tended to land on the body not the head. Сепак, high kicks are still beautiful to behold and with several spectacular head

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Wrestler Beats Jujitsu Man

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On St. Patrick’s Day, Март 17, 1905, St. Louis sports fans were treated to a special match between local professional wrestler George Baptiste and traveling Japanese jujitsu practitioner Arata Suzuki. Baptiste delighted local fans by quickly defeating Suzuki in two straight falls. George Baptiste was a professional wrestler and all-around athlete, whose powerful swimming saved many St. Louisans from drowning

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Perfect Practice Makes Perfect

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Last week, it was testing preparation at Willow Martial Arts. We went through the walking drills, forms and self-defense required for Taekwondo testing. As I observed the students preparing, I remembered a statement Master Pat Weseman often told me when I was a colored belt preparing for my next Taekwondo test. “Practice does not make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.”

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How To Spread A Martial Art

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3 times over the last 150 години, martial artists created more modern versions of older martial arts. Unlike many prior systems, the innovators of these modern martial arts chose to share this information with outsiders and spread their arts around the world. Jigoro Kano’s dissemination of Judo is the best case study for how to develop and spread a martial

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Why I Blog About Martial Arts

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Неодамна, Слушнав подкаст за јасно идентификување зошто го правите ништо бидејќи тоа е важно да се ефикасно избави ја Вашата порака. Почнав боречки вештини блог за една главна причина и неколку помалите. Одам да се покрие главната причина денес. I was not satisfied with most of the martial arts instruction related to self-defense. You

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Create Something Great After 4 Години

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Вообичаено се верува во боречките вештини е дека магистерски студии за 40 години, развива речиси натчовечки разбирање на самоодбрана, создава совршен систем и испоставува генерации на непобедлива борци. Пред популарноста на мешани боречки вештини, many of the magazines such as Black Belt were full of stories about which martial art was the best. If you polled

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